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After the bitter presidential election of 2016, then-U.S. Secretary of Education John B. King Jr. says he found himself in search of a position where he could help young students who face difficult circumstances. King found such a place at the Education Trust.

Musicians protesting against government while holding instruments in Caracas, Venezuela. AP/ Fernando Llano On May 4, an 18-year-old violist named Armando Cañizales marched against the government in Venezuela. A video shows him walking slowly, arms outstretched. Minutes later, he was shot dead. Despite a lack of evidence to determine who shot Cañizales, he is one of at least 76 recent victims of the clashes between protesters and armed security forces. Since 2014, protesters and government forces have faced off amid food shortages, record-high inflation and pervasive crime in Venez...more »

Appointing a gender-parity Cabinet seems to be the thing to do if you are a rising, progressive and male political star. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau did it in 2015. French President Emmanuel Macron followed this May. The internet loves it. Trudeau has been the darling of feminists everywhere, and Macron clearly wants to follow in his footsteps. Being a male feminist politician is hip. Trudeau does a little humble bragging. Yet my research shows that numerical representation of women is not the silver bullet it has long been considered. What’s more important for achi...more »

*"Is Donald J. Trump a Neanderthal?"* by Bill Bonner "Is Donald J. Trump a Neanderthal? Yes, of course. We all are. One of the most interesting stories we’re following is some 300,000 years old. It is the story of our species. What does this have to do with money? We’ll get to that… *Prehistoric hanky-panky: *Two weeks ago came news of a long-lost cousin discovered in Morocco. The human family is much bigger…and much older than we had thought. The new findings are possibly 300,000 years old - about 100,000 years older than the oldest as-yet-discovered ‘human’. Scarcely 10 years ag...more »

Originally posted on Watts Up With That?: Eminent energy economist warns that carbon capture and storage will never be viable The Boundary Dam CCS power plant in Saskatchewan Canada. Credit: SaskPowerCCS CCS would make renewables and nuclear energy look cheap That is the stark message of Professor Gordon Hughes, Professor of Economics at the University…

Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe. Washington Examiner *CIRCA:* *FBI chief McCabe faces three separate federal inquiries into his behavior* Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe, a central player in the Russia election case, is the focus of three separate federal administrative inquiries into allegations about his behavior as a senior bureau executive, according to documents and interviews. The allegations being reviewed range from sexual discrimination to improper political activity, the documents show The inquiries remain open but so far there have not been any adverse findings aga...more »

President Obama receives his daily briefing from Susan Rice, his national security advisor, on Aug. 12 in Chilmark, Mass. (White House Photo by Pete Souza via Flickr) *Daily Mail*: *Why me? Obama aide Susan Rice hints she's the victim of sexism and racism for being at center of 'unmasking' storm* * Former National Security Advisor Susan Rice sat down with New York Magazine and discussed why she got so much flack in the 'unmasking' scandal * Rice said that she didn't want to 'leap to the simple explanation that it's only about race and gender' * Though she also pointed to the after...more »

*-by Noah* The CBO (Congressional Budget Office) report is out. 22 Million American citizens will lose their insurance; 15 Million of those in the Republican Party "Rich Get Richer Quicker" scheme’s 1st year of implementation alone but what else should we expect of a Republican Party that makes it easier for a mentally ill person to buy a gun than insurance and get treatment? For those of us who still have insurance, the premiums and other costs will go up. If you are a republican or the Grim Reaper, what’s not to like? A psychopathic death panel made up of Trump, McConnell, Ryan,...more »

And don't expect chocolate ice cream, either. Barney Moss, CC BY It’s been all over the news lately: a survey by the Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy suggests that 7 percent of American adults believe chocolate milk comes from brown cows. The takeaway of much of this reporting is that Americans are science illiterate as well as uninformed about how their food is produced. This interpretation is intuitive: research has suggested that Americans lack understanding of many scientific concepts and the story line of Americans as woefully ignorant of science is perennial. As a society, we ...more »

The U.S. Capitol Building is pictured in Washington, February 27, 2013. REUTERS/Jason Reed *ABC News:* *Graham, Grassley ask FBI for Russia investigation surveillance warrants* Top Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee have asked the FBI and Department of Justice for copies of any surveillance requests made as part of the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election. In a letter sent Wednesday, Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, and Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., asked top law enforcement officials for any drafts or completed surveillance requests submitted to ...more »

*RCP:* *CNN Anchor: Trump Putting Journalists In Danger; "Declaration Of War On Media" Has "Emboldened" War Zones* CNN's Clarissa Ward, a foreign correspondent, served as guest co-host on Wednesday's broadcast of CNN's News Day. Ward fretted "people" in war zones have been "emboldened" by President Trump's "declaration of war on the media." Ward, expressing concern for members of the media in dangerous areas of the world, said to guest Chris Cillizza, 'I can only imagine what a person like you is dealing with. At what point does this become reckless or irresponsible?' It should b...more »

Sniper battle inside Raqqa city. Thank god the ISIS terrorist missed 🙏🙏 pic.twitter.com/c75h4HSjIW — Hemze Hamza (@Sergermed_) June 27, 2017 *RT: **Female sniper laughs off near-fatal ISIS bullet in Raqqa gun fight (VIDEO)* Dramatic video has surfaced showing a female Kurdish fighter laughing off a bullet that narrowly whizzed by her head during a sniper fight reported to have taken place in Raqqa. The bullet can be seen exploding in a wall inches from the fighter’s head. “Kurdish women know no fear,” the videos’ uploader said in a tweet. “Your average human being would be sca...more »

Defense Minister Fikri Işık held a closed-door meeting with U.S. Secretary of Defense James Mattis prior to the NATO Defense Ministers Meeting in Brussels. (AA Photo) *Daily Sabah with Anadolu Agency:* *US support for YPG temporary and triggered by necessity, Mattis tells Turkish counterpart Işık* The U.S. Secretary of Defense James Mattis told his Turkish counterpart Fikri Işık in a meeting in Brussels on Wednesday that their support for and cooperation with the PKK's Syrian affiliate the People's Protection Units (YPG) militia was out of necessity and only temporary. Mattis call...more »

CNN Is Dead: Network Loses All Credibility As Producer Admits That The Entire Russia Narrative Is Fake News by Michael Snyder, http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/ Nobody else needs to dig a grave for CNN because they are doing it themselves. There has been scandal after scandal at the network, and now one of their producers has been caught on undercover […]

Published on Jun 28, 2017 CNN’s Van Jones admits that the network’s Trump/Russia coverage is a “big nothing burger.” He was caught on tape by a Project Veritas reporter investigating CNN’s fake news problem. Media analyst Mark Dice has the story. end

Published on Jun 28, 2017 Israel says it has struck the positions of Syrian government forces, after an errant projectile landed in the Golan Heights. It is the fourth such attack in the past week. READ MORE: https://on.rt.com/8gdr – If Syria-Assad intends to attack Israel, will he be so dumb to use a ‘stray projectile’ […]

Published on Jun 27, 2017 The White House is warning Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad and military of “a heavy price,” as the US alleges “potential preparations” are under way for more chemical weapons attacks. Former US Diplomat Jim Jatras calls into question the legitimacy of allegations that Assad was behind the chemical attack in Khan […]

The Most Dangerous Fake News Of All Is Peddled By The Corporate Media by Michael Krieger, https://libertyblitzkrieg.com/ This is not the sort of thing you see in a confident, brave, and civilized nation, it’s the sort of stuff you’d expect to see toward the end. It’s the stuff of craven war-mongers, of dishonest cowards, of a totally […]

Not sure what is going on here. Probably Illuminists-Satanists fomenting war. Tension Erupts as Chinese Troops Enter Indian Territory, Destroy Bunkers by https://sputniknews.com/, 26 June 2017 A major scuffle has erupted along the India-China border as Chinese troops entered the Indian state of Sikkim and destroyed two Indian bunkers. Chinese troops also engaged in a fight […]

X22 Report, “The Fed Just Announced The Final Confirmation That The Economy Is About To Crash” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vth1aVi_s2k *Related followup report:* X22 Report, “The World Is Being Distracted On Purpose, Here's Why” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGF7-Wj84Hw

"The 16th century Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan and his crew had plenty of time to study the southern sky during the first circumnavigation of planet Earth. As a result, two fuzzy cloud-like objects easily visible to southern hemisphere skygazers are known as the Clouds of Magellan, now understood to be satellite galaxies of our much larger, spiral Milky Way galaxy. About 160,000 light-years distant in the constellation Dorado, the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) is seen here in a remarkably deep, colorful, image. *Click image for larger size.* Spanning about 15,000 light-yea...more »

"You are a child of the Universe, no less than the moon and the stars. You have a right to be here. And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the Universe is unfolding as it should." - Max Ehrmann

*"Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam"* by Chet Raymo “On a Sunday afternoon years ago we tripped over the hill to the annual races on Beal Ban Strand, an afternoon of thundering excitement up and down the tide-washed sand, sleek and powerful horses ridden by young jockeys in gaily-colored silks. A good time was had by all, but I couldn't help but think of the events that occurred on those cliffs you see in the background of the photograph, just above the head of the jockey in white. In the year 1580, six-hundred Catholics- Spaniards, Italians and Irish, including women and children- were besie...more »

*"Live Webcams Give Unique View Of Alaskan Bears Fishing For Salmon"* by Lee Rannals "New webcams have been set up for the Internet public’s viewing, and this time they are capturing the iconic scene of bears snatching their lunch out of a river. Explore.org set up live HD video streams of giant brown bears in Alaska catching salmon in Katmai National Park. Anyone with an Internet connection can now watch these bears catching their dinner by typing “explore.org/bears” in their browser by clicking the links above. The Brooks Falls cam is located on the banks of a five foot high water...more »

This pictures show the military vehicles loaded with howitzers and ammunitions which reached the Turkish border town of Kilis, near Afrin last week. Daily Sabah *Al Bawaba*: *Tensions Between Turkey, Syrian Kurds Following Cross-border Fire* Turkey has massed troops on the Syrian border, as clashes with Kurdish militias broke out on Tuesday night sparking fears of wider skirmishes between the two groups. Turkish artillery fire targeted the People's Protection Units (YPG) across the border after Kurdish fighters fired on Ankara-backed Syrian forces. Ankara said that Free Syrian A...more »

“President Assad has met the state-of-the-art and most important aircraft in the world, the Russian Su-35, located at the Khmeymim airbase,” reads one of the posts, showing the Syrian leader climbing inside the cockpit of a fighter jet. Facebook *Nikolas K. Gvosdev, National Interest*: *Russia Knows Its Next Move in Syria. Does America?* Without a clearly defined understanding of U.S. interests, the risk grows that the United States will stumble into a clash with Russia and Iran. The endgame has begun in Syria’s long and bloody civil war. As the grip of the Islamic State on the te...more »

[image: undefined] Monday night’s out-of-nowhere statement from the White House, claiming a Syrian chemical weapon attack was imminent and promising to make Syria pay a heavy price must’ve been successful, Secretary of Defense James Mattis reasoned, since no chemical attack happened after all. The White House statement claimed there were signs of preparation, offering no evidence that was really the case, then claiming it would kill “innocent children” and threatening retaliation. The statement was made with no discussion with either the State Department or Pentagon, puzzling many t...more »

[image: undefined] Monday night’s out-of-nowhere statement from the White House, claiming a Syrian chemical weapon attack was imminent and promising to make Syria pay a heavy price must’ve been successful, Secretary of Defense James Mattis reasoned, since no chemical attack happened after all. The White House statement claimed there were signs of preparation, offering no evidence that was really the case, then claiming it would kill “innocent children” and threatening retaliation. The statement was made with no discussion with either the State Department or Pentagon, puzzling many t...more »

[image: undefined] Monday night’s out-of-nowhere statement from the White House, claiming a Syrian chemical weapon attack was imminent and promising to make Syria pay a heavy price must’ve been successful, Secretary of Defense James Mattis reasoned, since no chemical attack happened after all. The White House statement claimed there were signs of preparation, offering no evidence that was really the case, then claiming it would kill “innocent children” and threatening retaliation. The statement was made with no discussion with either the State Department or Pentagon, puzzling many t...more »

[image: undefined] Monday night’s out-of-nowhere statement from the White House, claiming a Syrian chemical weapon attack was imminent and promising to make Syria pay a heavy price must’ve been successful, Secretary of Defense James Mattis reasoned, since no chemical attack happened after all. The White House statement claimed there were signs of preparation, offering no evidence that was really the case, then claiming it would kill “innocent children” and threatening retaliation. The statement was made with no discussion with either the State Department or Pentagon, puzzling many t...more »

Published on Jun 27, 2017 In the aftermath of project veritas’s new video showing CNN producer call the Trump Russia narrative a BS ratings stung Infowars Reporter Joe Biggs breaks down the the trail of Lies in CNN’s history. end

By Kevin Roberts Today, Texas Public Policy Foundation released top priorities for the special session of the Texas Legislature, called by Governor Greg Abbott beginning July 18, 2017. Dr. Kevin Roberts, executive vice president of TPPF, released the following statement:

*Dave Majumdar* *Security, * But will it actually happen? The Russian Navy will design the new Lider-class destroyer with nuclear propulsion, but analysts and defense industry sources are skeptical that the new warship will ever be built. “The project will be developed by the Severnoye design bureau. The Russian Navy will undoubtedly have large surface ships with a nuclear propulsion unit. The Lider undoubtedly won’t be the sole one in the series," Navy deputy commander-in-chief for armaments Vice-Admiral Viktor Bursuk told reporters at the International Maritime Defense Show (...more »

*Behnam Ben Taleblu* *Security, Middle East* [image: A military truck carrying a missile and a picture of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is seen during a parade marking the anniversary of the Iran-Iraq war (1980-88), in Tehran September 22, 2015.] An emboldened Iran may feel tempted to match its covert actions with more overt missile strikes. On Sunday June 18, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Aerospace Force (IRGC-AF) launched six ballistic missiles at Islamic State (ISIS) positions in the Syrian theater. The IRGC described the strikes—which intended to hit...more »

*Samuel Rines* *Politics, * [image: The corner stone of the New York Federal Reserve Bank is seen surrounded by financial institutions in New York City, New York, U.S., March 25, 2015.] Keeping rates too low for too long could lead to disaster. In his dissent against the Federal Reserve’s latest decision to raise rates, Minneapolis Fed President Neel Kashkari warned that the Fed was at risk of making a 1970’s style mistake—only in reverse. Whereas the Fed of forty years ago was too slow to raise rates in response to high inflation, Kashkari’s idea is that, with both inflation ex...more »

*Andrew Foxall, Axel Rigault Jorgensen* *Security, Europe* [image: German Chancellor Angela Merkel and British Prime Minister Theresa May address a news conference following talks at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany July 20, 2016.] An Anglo-German partnership would give strength to the overall NATO structure. Under President Donald Trump, America’s commitment to NATO seems to be wavering. General H. R. McMaster, his national security advisor, may have restated this commitment, but Trump’s silence on the issue is creating unease in European capitals. The president has made clear...more »

*Daniel L. Davis* *Security, Middle East* Rather than accepting permanent failure, President Trump should demand policies that makes strategic success possible. At hearings on Capitol Hill earlier this month, Secretary of Defense James Mattis admitted that the administration currently doesn’t have a strategy for the war in Afghanistan, but promised one by the end of July. Given the number of troops his plan will reportedly include, however, the new strategy will at best ensure the war continues without resolution into perpetuity. Rather than anchoring the United States to a state...more »

*Matt Purple* *Politics, * [image: Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell speaks to the media about plans to repeal and replace Obamacare on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., June 27, 2017.] McConnell may pull off a legislative checkmate with the Republican health bill, but it’s voters who will get the final move. Turns out a week isn’t quite enough time for the Senate to overhaul one sixth of the nation’s economy. Mitch McConnell acknowledged that on Tuesday when he announced with great lack of fanfare that the Republican health bill, the Better Care Reconciliation Act (BCRA), w...more »

*Dimitri Alexander Simes* *Politics, * [image: Protestors throw rocks at police during a protest near the inauguration of President Donald Trump in Washington, DC, U.S., January 20, 2017.] Will this fresh spasm of violence peter out as it did many times in America’s past, or transform into something more serious? After the mass shooting in Alexandria, Virginia on June 14 at a local baseball field, where a gunman attempted to murder a group of Republican legislators, political violence emerged once more as a hotly contested topic. Conservative pundits accused left-wing politicians...more »

*Dave Majumdar* *Security, * The Flight III DDG-51 ships are set to become the backbone of the Navy’s fleet. The United States Navy has awarded Huntington Ingalls Shipbuilding a contract modification to build the service’s first Flight III Arleigh Burke-class (DDG 51) guided missile destroyer. The new ship will be named *Jack H. Lucas* (DDG 125), which is the last of five destroyers the company was originally contracted to build in June 2013. “We have proven our success in the DDG 51 class over the past 30 years, and our shipbuilders are ready now to build the first Flight III ...more »

Their position statement on saturated fat has drawn the ire of people partial to coconut oil, but counterarguments accusing the AHA of cherry-picking data misrepresent the very science they claim to be defending.

Ultimately, impeachment is a political act. If there really is an anti-Trump/anti-Ryan tsunami in 2018, the Democrats will win back the House and probably impeach Trump-- even if it means forcing Pelosi and Hoyer, who oppose any such thing, to step down as leaders. Impeachment is like an indictment; there still has to be a trial in the Senate. And 66 votes to convict. That’s not going to happen, even if the Democrats keep all their red state seats *and* win in Nevada, Arizona and Texas and oust McConnell as Senate leader. Unless the smoking gun is *really* smoking, there aren’t mo...more »

*Dr Michael Crawford* June 23rd 2017 Dr Alan Finkel AO Chief Scientist GPO Box 2013 CANBERRA ACT 2601 *Open letter re your Review into the Future Security of the National Electricity Market * I have read your recent report with interest. Over about half a century I have observed that government reports are sometimes dishonest, ideological, obfuscatory, authoritarian, bureaucratised, wanting in courage, illogical and sometimes downright stupid. I have to salute you sir. Your recent report appears to have set new heights in this respect. Let me take some time to explain why your r...more »

Fmr NATO Ambassador Nicholas Burns: "I find it dismaying and objectionable that President Trump continues to deny the undeniable..." #Russia pic.twitter.com/U443XHjJWS — CSPAN (@cspan) June 28, 2017 Oh I like him! This was testimony provided today during a hearing before the Senate Intelligence Committee during a hearing focused mainly on Russian interference with elections in Europe. In other Russian interference news today we learned that the Intelligence Committee has struck a deal to their hands on those Comey memos. And what has Donald Trump been doing while all of this is g...more »

By Paul Homewood https://notalotofpeopleknowthat.wordpress.com/2017/06/27/northern-irelands-onshore-wind-surges-but-they-still-rely-on-fossil-fuels-for-74/ You will no doubt remember yesterday’s about Jillian Ambrose’s latest propaganda piece for Renewable UK in the Telegraph. She stated: As on the UK mainland, Northern Ireland is under pressure to attract investment in new power generation as older fossil fuel plants steadily shut down. It currently relies […]

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The state budget impasse could affect the accreditation of Illinois universities, which have seen deep cuts in state funding in the nearly three years lawmakers have failed to agree on a spending plan. The Higher Learning Commission, which accredits schools in the Midwest, recently issued a letter cautioning lawmakers that a lack […]

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — A Syrian doctor says he won’t return to the United States to finish his studies at Brown University because of the Trump administration’s travel ban. Khaled Almilaji said Wednesday there’s too much uncertainty, even though he possibly could get a student visa under the scaled-back version of the ban. The administration has […]

CHARLESTON, S.C. — The president of South Carolina’s military college says he’ll retire next summer. Retired Air Force Lt. Gen. John Rosa said Wednesday that he wants to stay on as president through the next academic year at The Citadel so he can help the school celebrate its 175th anniversary. Rosa said in a statement […]

DEKALB, Ill. — A member of the DeKalb County Board is suing Northern Illinois University’s Board of Trustees in an effort to void a $600,000 severance payment to the school’s departing president. Misty Haji-Sheikh filed the lawsuit Tuesday in DeKalb County Court, claiming trustees violated the Illinois Open Meetings Act when it didn’t post a […]

Presidents of U.S. public colleges and universities saw their earnings climb by 5.3 percent last year, with several of them topping $1 million, according to an annual survey. The Chronicle of Higher Education’s study of more than 150 college presidents found that their average annual pay increased in fiscal year 2016 to $501,000. Among the […]

Originally posted on STOP THESE THINGS: https://youtu.be/XdpyPa83IIw ? As Mark Twain put it: “It’s easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled.” And, even when the dupe accepts his folly, sorry seems to be the hardest word. Frank Keating was governor of Oklahoma 1995-2003 and is responsible for its wind power…

(By *American Zen*’s Mike Flannigan, on loan from Ari) (*Disclaimer*: The proprietor of this blog and Mr. Wilson have an ongoing years-long friendship, in which the former has benefited on several occasions by the generosity of the latter. However, that in no way, shape or form has influenced the blog owner’s decision to post an article about his case nor the content of what is written below.) *Introduction* *W*e need police. That’s the long and the short of it. Whatever your view of the very real problems our society faces in bad cops who shoot unarmed African Americans or th...more »

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*“Draw Alongside The Silence Of Stone”* “You have traveled too fast over false ground; Now your soul has come to take you back. Take refuge in your senses, open up To all the small miracles you rushed through. Become inclined to watch the way of rain When it falls slow and free. Imitate the habit of twilight, Taking time to open the well of color That fostered the brightness of day. Draw alongside the silence of stone Until its calmness can claim you.” - John O'Donohue

"We have looked first at man with his vanities and greed and his problems of a day or a year; and then only, and from this biased point of view, we have looked outward at the earth he has inhabited so briefly and at the universe in which our earth is so minute a part. Yet these are the great realities, and against them we see our human problems in a different perspective. Perhaps if we reversed the telescope and looked at man down these long vistas, we should find less time and inclination to plan for our own destruction." - Rachel Carson

*"The Search for Truth"* By David Chandler “Some people might wonder what motivates a physics teacher to get up and talk about religion and world issues. I am not a professional political scientist or sociologist or theologian. But I am a concerned citizen and a thinking person. To be a scientist does not mean you have to be a one-dimensional person out of touch with life beyond the lab. Physics used to be called natural philosophy. It is a branch of philosophy in that it is part of the quest for truth. The same thing that motivates me to ponder the true nature of the physical worl...more »

Video of the bizarre moment when President @realDonaldTrump called me over during his call with Taoiseach @campaignforLeo Varadkar. @rtenews pic.twitter.com/TMl2SFQaji — Caitriona Perry (@CaitrionaPerry) June 27, 2017 Courtesy of Buzzfeed: *President Donald Trump on Tuesday interrupted his call with the new Irish prime minister to bring attention to a reporter, saying, "She has a nice smile on her face, so I bet she treats you well.* *"The reporter, Caitriona Perry, who has been the Washington correspondent for the Irish public service broadcaster Raidió Teilifís Éireann since 2...more »

[image: can-cnn-survive-being-exposed-as-fake-news] CNN has been deliberately manufacturing fake news about connections and collusion between President Trump and Russia. In the past week, the wheels have come off the cart of the fake Trump/Russia story and CNN has taken a hit in the credibility department culminating in the retraction of an article, the “resignation” of three CNN employees, and the release of videos showing a CNN producer admitting that the story is “bulls**t” and a CNN political commentator calling it a “big nothingburger.”

[image: fear-world-government] Leftists dream of a powerful government that can take from all of the world’s rich to remedy all the world’s problems. If they get the government, they won’t get the outcome.

[image: charter-school-rejects-common-core-and-ranks-no-1] Teaching phonics is crucial to teaching reading when dealing with a phonetic writing system such as the one used in the English language. Memorizing so-called “sight words,” by contrast, is mental poison, or Thalidomide for the brain as my friend and colleague Dr. Sam Blumenfeld used to say.

The torture of prisoners of war is blemish on the record of the international community and the United Nations. The post CONFIRMED: Ukrainian regime tortures prisoners of war–violates international law appeared first on The Duran.

Here are some screenshots covering several days: https://www.dropbox.com/s/l6pbyszzckyfpq9/June%2025%202017.pdf?dl=1 The common spent fuel pool building looked as if it was steaming today, but its possible the effect was produced by the fog alone: Another screenshot take a few moments later:

Shadowproof joined Oscar López Rivera for a tour of Humboldt Park, where he shared memories of organizing, his experiences in prison, and the Puerto Rican Day Parade. The post Oscar López Rivera’s Tour Through Puerto Rican Community In Chicago Following His Release From Prison appeared first on Shadowproof.

The remarkable pictures show the group during the 1920s, with some of the leaders meeting with then American president, Calvin Coolidge, at the White House. Other fascinating images show the native tribe mixing with the public, standing on top of the Lincoln Memorial holding the American flag high, and two Native American elders meeting with politicians at the Capitol Hill in 1936, the same year the Aborigines Act Amendment Act was legislated. These incredible photographs were colourised by British colorization specialist, Royston Leonard, 54, from Cardiff, Wales. In 1924, the Ind...more »

DAMASCUS, SYRIA (11:50 P.M.) – Insurgents in east Damascus will not surrender Jobar easily as Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS) and the Free Syrian Army (FSA) are contesting every inch of the war-torn neighborhood amid a large-scale offensive spearheaded by the 105th Brigade of the Republican Guard. New footage released by the FSA’s Failaq Al-Rahman shows […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

BEIRUT, LEBANON (10:20 P.M.) – At least one person was killed and more than 12 were injured in Aleppo’s Sukkari neighbourhood, Wednesday, after an explosion rocked the area. Footage from the explosion site showed signs of destruction resulting from the blast, as well as patients receiving treatment in a neighbouring hospital. Local media attributed the […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

(TASS) The US should refrain from creating pretexts for new attacks on the Syrian government forces, based on some secret intelligence data, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said at a press conference in Krasnodar. “I expect that this time, the United States will take into account the need to actually ensure the non-proliferation of chemical […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

BEIRUT, LEBANON (9:25 P.M.) – Minutes ago, the Israeli Air Force launched an airstrike over the Golan Heights region of Al-Quneitra, targeting the Syrian Arab Army’s (SAA) soldiers that were advancing near Al-Samdaniyah Al-Sharqiyah. According to a military source from the Golani Regiment, the Israeli warplane targeted the advancing units of the Syrian Arab Army […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

BEIRUT, LEBANON (7:30 P.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and Hezbollah continued their march from the ancient city of Palmyra to Deir Ezzor City, Wednesday, targeting the Islamic State’s (ISIL) positions near the Arak Gas Fields. Backed by Russian airstrikes, the Syrian Army and Hezbollah stormed the 10km area in eastern Homs this morning, […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

DAMASCUS, SYRIA (9:10 P.M.) – On Tuesday evening, the Islamic State released a 20-minute propaganda video covering last year’s battles for Rutbah and Ramadi along with recent raids on Iraqi outposts across the desert of western Anbar. The astonishing battle footage shows upwards of 100 Iraqi Army corpses and approximately 50 US-manufactured vehicles seized by […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

This incredible encounter was filmed by photographer Siddharth Gandhi in Lamar Valley, a region of the park that's been hailed a wolf hub since the animals were reintroduced in 1995. "We were driving back in the evening when the wolf appeared on the side of the edge of the road," recalls Gandhi, who immediately stopped his car to let the animal move on safely. "It was an amazing experience to see a wild grey wolf so close. I was in awe." But why is this grey wolf sporting a black coat? Despite their name, these animals come in shades that range from pure white to mottled grey and e...more »

Shockingly, the DCCC doesn't recruit union activists to run for Congress any longer; quite the contrary. They have demonstrated for over a decade that they would rather recruit an "ex"-Republican or a wealthy self-funding careerist than someone who understands the concept of worker solidarity. The Democratic Party talks a good game on unions but under Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton and Barack Obama, union membership-- and power-- declined precipitously and the power of Wall Street and upper middle class professionals largely became the dominant power focus within the DC Democratic Par...more »

*Paul R. Pillar* *Iran, Middle East* A combination of circumstances has increased the risk that armed conflict will break out between the United States and Iran. Such a war is no certainty, but the chance that one will occur is greater today than it has been in years. Some of the relevant circumstances, such as the first two mentioned below, have been around in some form for a substantial amount of time, while others are more recent. *Anti-Iranism in American discourse*. The vocabulary has become so repetitive and widely used that it rolls off tongues automatically: Iran is a...more »

*"Breaking: China Attacks India – Strong Implications for WW III"* by The Common Sense Show "Breaking news as China attacks India in an event that could culminate in World War III: “As Prime Minister Narendra Modi was preparing to meet Donald and Melania Trump at the White House, China on Monday launched a scathing attack on the Indian Army accusing it of stopping the construction of a road in what it called its “sovereign territory” in the Sikkim section of the India-China border.” This conflict did not remain just a war of words for long as the Russian media is collectively report...more »

Now, Vol. 1, No. 1, 2017 of the newly established “Journal of Posthuman Studies” (Penn State University Press) is available via jstor: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5325/jpoststud.1.1.issue-1 It is a ground-breaking issue with amazing contributors! It is already possible to submit your work for consideration for future issues by accessing this link: http://www.psupress.org/Journals/jnls_JPHS.html The new journal is being edited by IEET Fellow Stefan Lorenz Sorgner and the Executive Director of the IEET James J. Hughes. The Editorial Board includes further members of the IEET as w...more »

*WEDNESDAY, JUNE 28, 2017The New York Times tries to explain:* Is human life a vale of tears? A mere entertainment arranged by the gods? We ask for a very good reason. In this morning's hard-copy editions, the New York Times tried to explain the endless debate about those "Medicaid cuts." The key word there is "tried." Do journalists at our biggest news organs have *any* skills at all? You'd think the answer would have to be "yes." The gods who rule this vale of tears may have a better idea. The analysis piece to which we refer was written by Alan Rappeport—and no, he isn't a k...more »

*CAROLYNN BERRY* has been appointed interim provost at Winston-Salem State University. She has been serving as associate provost for assessment, research and curriculum and a professor of exercise science at the school. She has Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees from Wake Forest University and a Ph.D. from Texas A&M University in College Station.

[image: australia-tries-again-to-eliminate-illegal-guns-through-amnesty-program] Australia’s Justice Minister Michael Keenan announced two weeks ago that his government would be trying once again to remove “illegal” guns from society.

[image: palin-libel-suit-against-n-y-times-highlights-liberals-double-standards] The *New York Times* has linked Sarah Palin's political action committee to the 2011 shooting of Representative Gabby Giffords, and Palin is now suing the paper.

Do you actually think the CIA, FBI and NSA can be trusted? Who do they work for? Put your ears to the railroad tracks and hear the train coming!!! During the days of the former Soviet Union the story was that folks living there had to learn to read the newspaper up-side-down. That meant they could not trust their media - it was state controlled. Can we begin to imagine that the media in the US (and much of the world) is owned and run by the rich - corporate oligarchs? By the CIA. But having a media we can't trust is not a ticket out of the struggle. I hear many say that, "Well...more »

A 19 year-old medical student and grassroots organizer's account of Jon Ossoff's campaign stop at an Islamic community center exemplifies why Democrats lose. The post When Democrats Use Muslims As Election Props—And Lose appeared first on Shadowproof.

We have had an unprecedented number of bear attacks in Alaska this year, two of them fatal. One of the fatal ones involved a young biologist named Erin K. Johnson who was killed by a black bear while collecting geological samples near the Pogo Mine at the time of the attack. Erin's mother is a fan of IM, and she reached out to me last night asking if I would post a link to a memorial fund established in her daughter's name. I said of course I would. Just click here to visit the Erin K. Johnson Memorial Fund. The money will go toward science education and youth outdoor activities,...more »

I am in Ottawa this afternoon and evening. The GF and I have been invited to a private party hosted by the Liberal Party of Canada (Canada is celebrating its 150 year anniversary this Saturday). Blogging will return tomorrow morning. And no .... I am not a Liberal, but I do know a few people who are.

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear the first major test of the scope of executive power to protect national security since Neil Gorsuch joined the Court as associate justice. Monday morning, the high court announced it will determine the legality of Donald Trump’s executive order establishing a Muslim travel ban when it reconvenes the... Read more »

Our Aegis 9 destroyer 'christening' crew appeared in court today for a 'Disposition' hearing before Judge Billings. Our protest event took place at Bath Iron Works (BIW) here in Maine on April 1. The nine of us have been charged with criminal Trespass. Three of us in the group were arrested last year during a similar protest when the new Zumwalt 'steath' destroyer was 'christened'. Thing began today with the judge asking the state what they were offering the defendants in the way of sentencing if we settled the case without trial. The prosecutor said that the state was offeri...more »

*James Howard Kunstler, * *“Major Crisis of Culture and Economy Coming Soon”* By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com "Author/journalist James Howard Kunstler has been in the writing business for decades and has never seen the geopolitical and economic landscape in America look like it does today. Kunstler explains, “I have never lived through a time, and it’s obvious I have lived a long time in American history that is as crazy as this one. The part that is the most disturbing is the people who used to be sane have now completely gone off the rails. I am speaking of the Democratic Party....more »

*VOA:* *Growing Nuclear Arsenals Increase Concerns About Possible Pakistan-India War* India and Pakistan have fought three wars and have been on the brink of another several times, a worrying prospect given that both have growing stockpiles of nuclear weapons and questions about how secure they are. The arms race between the South Asian neighbors has moved to enhancing the delivery systems for the warheads, which could annihilate the subcontinent several times. India's recent launch of more than 100 satellites with a single rocket foreshadows the capability of sending up a missile...more »

http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trudeau-sniper-shot-iraq-1.4179825 Justin Trudea says that killing a person at 3.5 kilometres is something all Canadians should celebrate. Anyway, the victim was an ISIS extremist. At 3.5 kilometres, the sniper could tell this was an ISIS militant? Sorry. Telescopic sights aren't that good. And I am damned if I will celebrate our killing of anybody. 1. You cannot shoot anyone in a foreign country unless you are legally at war with it. Canada is not legally at war in Iraq. (Nor is there any reason why it should be.) 2. The sniper could tell at 3.5 kil...more »

*Canuck the Crow goes for Breakfast* *at McDonalds* Here is one of a series of "Canuck the Crow" videos that have gone viral in Vancouver recently. Canuck has become a local celebrity in Vancouver. There are many videos of him getting into all kinds of trouble. He has absolutely no fear of humans. In this one, Canuck goes into a McDonalds for breakfast, steals a bun from an unsuspecting patron and begins to make a mess with it. Someone politely advises him that he has "something on his beak". Canuck was on the TV News yesterday because he has been dive-bombing a mailman in his...more »

Shortly after Jon Ossoff lost that special election, I noted that critics were urging the Democratic Party to put together a solid agenda in order to win elections, but Republicans apparently don't need much of an agenda to win. (Karen Handel beat Ossoff while running away from important parts of the GOP agenda.) A story in *The Washington Post* right now makes clear that running on attacks rather than an agenda is the GOP's plan for 2018: The leader of the most important House GOP super PAC said Tuesday that the group will double-down on tried-and-true tactics for electing Republica...more »

[image: pro-life-doctor-challenging-illinois-law-that-forces-docs-to-counsel-patients-on-abortion-benefits] A pro-life doctor in Illinois is embroiled in a legal battle to challenge a 2016 law that requires all doctors, pharmacists, and pregnancy centers to assist women in obtaining abortions, regardless of whether the medical professionals are opposed to the procedure.

Kim Jong-un (pictured) has threatened South Korea's president with a 'miserable dog's death' over an alleged plot to assassinate the tyrant *Daily Mail*: *Kim Jong-un vows 'a miserable dog's death' for South Korea's former president over an alleged plot to assassinate the dictator* * North Korea has vowed to execute South Korea's ex president Park Geun-Hye * Pyongyang claims she 'pushed forward' plans to assassinate leader Kim Jong-un * A statement warns of 'miserable dog's death any time, at any place and by whatever methods' Kim Jong-un has threatened South Korea's president with ...more »

*Yonhap News Agency*: *S. Korean president departs for Washington summit with Trump* SEOUL AIR BASE, June 28 (Yonhap) -- South Korean President Moon Jae-in headed to the United States on Wednesday for a summit with his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump, which will likely focus on how to rein in North Korea's growing nuclear and missile capabilities, as well as forming a personal relationship to last their presidencies. Moon was set to arrive in Washington on Wednesday (U.S. time). His meeting with Trump will literally mark an international debut of the new South Korean president wh...more »

Originally posted on Watts Up With That?: A new paper has been published in Geophysical Research Letters that shows once again, that climate models and reality significantly vary. It confirms what Dr. John Christy has been saying (see figure below). The paper also references Dr. Judith Curry and her work. https://judithcurry.com/2015/12/17/climate-models-versus-climate-reality/ Pronounced differences between observed…

According to a new Gallup survey, over the past eleven years Americans' satisfaction with the level of freedom in the country has declined by 16 percent. The US freedom ranking in the world has dropped from 11th to 71st. No other wealthy democracies have experienced such a decline. What's behind it? The Snowden revelations? Endless wars? Financial system? Our take in today's Liberty Report:

*"Trump Plays Nuclear ‘Chicken’ With Putin Over Syria"* by Eric Zuesse "U.S. President Donald Trump is playing a game of nuclear “chicken” with Russian President Vladimir Putin, regarding Putin’s threat on June 19th to go to war against the United States if the U.S. again shoots down, inside Syria - in the sovereign territory of the internationally-recognized-as-legal sovereign Syrian government - Syrian aircraft, or the aircraft of any of the foreign governments that have allied with Syria: Russia, Iran, and China. After the U.S. had shot down a Syrian government plane on June 19t...more »

*Kyle Mizokami* *Security, * What would have happenned? *A fast battleship designed to operate alongside aircraft carriers, Iowa can cover a lot of ocean. Operating alone, she detects Bismarck—also operating alone. The duel is on.* *Despite the Bismarck’s well-trained crew, good design and powerful weapons, Iowa has one technological innovation the German battlewagon doesn’t: radar-directed main guns. Iowa can fire much more accurately at longer distance targets. This allows Iowa to “out-stick” the Bismarck, which must close to within visual range for its fire control systems a...more »

*Dan Grazier* *Security, * Waving important trials for the Ford-class carrier will put lives at risk and potentially cost millions. The Straus Military Reform Project and the Project On Government Oversight (POGO) sent a letter to the Senate and House Armed Services Committees urging members to strike language included in the a subcommittee mark for the 2018 National Defense Authorization Act that would strip the requirement for the Navy to conduct a critical test on the $13 billion *Gerald R. Ford* aircraft carrier. The provision would permit the Navy to delay full ship shock t...more »

Statisticians are mounting a challenge to a much-publicized study suggesting that human lifespan has a limit of approximately 115 years — 125, tops. Published last October in Nature, the study from scientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York was the eleventh most talked-about piece of research in 2016, according to Altmetric. The […] The post Widely publicized Nature study on human age limit draws fire appeared first on Retraction Watch.

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